FICTION

“River” (The Antigonish Review - Issue 205-206), 2021

Nina dreams she is walking through the field towards the sliver of moon that continues to dangle in the sky, just over the river. The evening is cool and she pulls her sleeves down to cover her fingers. She thinks of the Earth spinning while the birth and death of stars, planets, galaxies and nebulae are happening constantly, now, in the past, and in the future.

ESSAYS

“Circle of Stones” (Secret Destinations - Chatham University), 2018

… to really have a sense of a person, eventually we need to ask questions like: Which recipes did your grandmothers cook?  What song do you wake up to in your head? Which bird noises awaken you in the morning? What grief do you conceal in your cells?

“Gone Girl - Judith Pond’s Debut Novel” - Literary Review of Canada, June 2024

Rose lives with an unresolved grief: Stella vanished one day, at age eighteen, without a word. Now a cryptic postcard yields hope that she’s still alive, leaving Rose desperate to know where she has gone and, more important, why she left home in the first place. Rose wonders how she spent her life loving her daughter and still somehow missed the signs of “I can’t, I won’t, and you can’t make me. The signs of No.”

“Duende” - Linden Avenue Literary Journal, 2016

Flamenco is made up of Cante, Baile, Toque, and the Jaleo, which basically means “hell raising.” The palmas is considered an art in itself, used in conjunction with the footwork. This is all brought together with Duende . Magic. It takes magic to develop the musicality and rhythm that is required to successfully dance flamenco.